A65285:2740
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Resp. Seek to God for it: It is his Promise to give an Heart of Flesh, Ezek. 36. and to pour on us a Spirit of Mourning, Zech. 12.10. Beg God's Holy Spirit. Psal. 147.18. He causeth his Wind to blow, and the Waters flow. When the Wind of God's Spirit blows upon us, then the Waters of Repentant Tears will flow from us.
III. The Third way to escape the Wrath and Curse of God, and obtain the Benefit of Redemption by Christ, is, The diligent Use of Ordinances. In particular, the Word, Sacraments, and Prayer.
III. The Third way to escape the Wrath and Curse of God, and obtain the Benefit of Redemption by Christ, is, The diligent Vse of Ordinances. In particular, the Word, Sacraments, and Prayer.
1. I begin with the First of these Ordinances.